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Willa Cather Biography

… of the leading figures of American literary Modernism has only increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa … the Moderns (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith …
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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

… Anderson's talk.  Support for this exhibit at the National Willa Cather Center was made possible with a grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. Support for this lecture comes from the Claire …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… one of America’s greatest novelists. The site closed on August 15, 2022 to facilitate the first comprehensive … of the Cather family. A modest one-and-a-half story frame house, the Willa Cather Childhood Home was Cather’s residence … may also be made online . For more information, please contact Executive Director, Ashley Olson, at …
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O Pioneers!

… Image © Tracy Sanford Tucker for the National Willa Cather Center A University … Opera Opera House Friday, Oct 20, 2023 | 7 - 10pm the Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , … Tickets UNL Opera presents Tyler Goodrich White’s O Pioneers! based on Willa Cather’s 1913 novel--her first …
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Pavelka Farmstead

… 4 near Bladen. Restored and managed by the National Willa Cather Center, the Pavelka Farmstead was chosen as one of … My Ántonia at 100 (issue theme) —  Willa Cather Review, Volume 60: No. 3, Winter 2018 New Scholarship on My Ántonia … Plains Quarterly , Spring 1994, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln From the National …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of … 30-minute narrated tour of the Willa Cather Childhood Home. About the Willa Cather Childhood Home Opened in 1967 and …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… and underpinning prepared the Potter Block building to support the eventual return of a third floor that was lost … and Red Cloud Community Fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation. The Heritage Tourism Development Office was … of Omaha, Nebraska. How You Can Help Please consider supporting the project with a charitable gift. Naming and …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking

… to guest rooms for overnight stays, the building will house event and meeting space, a spacious lounge, catering facilities, and a small library. Decor … may also be made online . To discuss a gift, please contact Executive Director, Ashley Olson, at …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees

… Southeast High School); runner up, Ava Hoffschneider (Pius X High School); and second runner up, Trinity Houchin … women seeking higher education. Antonette Turner generously established both the eponymous Antonette Willa Skupa … For more information about our scholarship funds, please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen at …
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John William Boone & Cather

… the state university. Written before the   Aeneid ,  a foundational text of all Western literature, the  Georgics … into a new artform. This exhibit was developed with the support and assistance of: Humanities Nebraska John William Boone Heritage Foundation Missouri State Archives Nebraska State Historical …
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